The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Nothing can mark more distinctly the total disregard of tommon honesty (to say nothing of common decency) of some at least of the " highly respectable" persons who became Directors, &c. of the various bubbles which arc now bursting, than their absenting themselves from the meetings which are celled for the very purpose of enabling them to account for their conduct. If shame has any thing to do with it, that might be admitted as some apo logy ; but men who have acted as some of these have done, must have been long dead to shame, or to any hos nourable feeling. It should be remembered, too, that these persons are not among the number of those who have had honour thrust upon them. They were not elected by the free and open voice of those whose funds they have either pocketted or dissipated ; but, in nine cases out of ten, they were named in the first instan c e by ' themselves. and were, in fact, either themselves th e pro jectors, or the ready tools in the hands of the projectors, of theie conspiracies upon public credulity ; and not only so, but:it was upon the faith of seeing the names of people of supposed integrity attached to the different prospectuses, that the greater portion of the silly dupes were induced to become subscribers. Really these gentlemen must have a marvellous share of cold-bloodednees and ,disregard of • character, if they imagine they can now set at defiance private duty and public opinion, and still expect here after to show their feces in society as honest men. Some 'cif them, we observe, have had the trumpery, quibbling kind of honesty to return their wages, or the premiums for hush-money which have been placed to their account by the chief concocters of the several freuds.' But do they suppose that people are weak enough to he imposed upon by such shallow, such sham honesty as this? To our minds, it only furnishes an additional proof, if any were wanting, of the actual dishonesty of the parties who can so conduct themselves,. The very re funding of money under such circumstances, is a tacit ac knowledgment that it ought not to have been received. This refunding in a small way is, in all probability, the workaif some low, quibbling attorneys, who say to these honest Directors, " Give them back their money, and they can have no claim upon you." Give th em back their money, and we should say so too; but to restore the wages cued pocket the depo s it s —t o re f un d the per eentage, and retain or dissipate th e capital—is a species of logic which common honesty cannot sanction, and which the law, we trust, will not permit. The roguery of these things, hi fact, becomes every day so grossly notorious, that \ye do hope sortie examples will be made of these precious speci mens of honmir and honesty. Opposed as we have been all along to these schemes ; and companies, and things of all descriptions, we fear that the suggesting a new one will come with but a bed grace from us. But we would al most ourselves consent to belong to a Company " for bringing to Justice the Directors, the Schemers, the Soli- ' chore, &c., of the various Bubble Frau& which have been concocted during the last Eighteen Wals." • One of the first acts of such a company should be to publish sort of " Vad e Mecum, or Bubbl e F rau d Guide," in which a brief particular of each scheme should be given, with the name* of the Directors, &c., and the result of each thing as far as it,is known; including, of course, the amount of solicitors' bills, per centages, premiums, and wages to Di rectors. Towards the formation of such a useful little book we have furnished materials, not long since; amid we should be glad to see as an appendix to it, the result of the actions brought by some of those immaculate persons against the press for makinif knew,' their frauds, and blow.; ing them and their bubbles into the air.—Morning Herald: A very general Impression prevails that though the sipening of the ports has caused a sudden and considerable decline in the prices of grain, such depression will not be 'acting, but that home and foreign corn will, between this and,Christmas, experience a considerable advance. In the mean time it is to be regretted that the effect of the present,' hill is felt almost exclusively by that class of agriculturists who are least able to bear it—we mean the small farmers, whose circumstance, will riot permit them to keep back their corn from market, but who are forced to take it to market under every disadvantage, to enable them to pay their rents, their tithes, and taxes, and the very labour, .too, of their rich neighbours, in the shape of poor rates. There iano class,of the community who deserve more pro tection, and receive less, than the class of small farmers.— A man farming less than 100 acres of land is, hi most parts of the kingdom, worse off than a labourer; yet these were the men who, fifty years ago, formed the chief source by whim means breed corn was raised throughout the kingdom ; and who, undergoing a life of labour, and contented with smell profit, made not only Corn Laws tmneeessary, but this an exporting nation. .By throwing their small farms into large ours, the greater part of tins valuable class of th e community host disappeared ; and in stead of these have arisen high rents and political teems °mists, and a train of luxury and folly which has converted the simplicity of rural life into fox-hunting farmers, bedis inlet! mothers, and over-educated daughters, unlit for any useful or creditable occupation. Great as this evil is, it is not very likely that, the landlords or the tithe owners will do, much to discourage it; and it is only to the Legislature, tailed by the good sense of the country, that these people vaniook for any measure which may avert their total eic. tinetiom That remedy, if found at all, -is to be found hi compelling the large farmers to giVe a far price for labour, insteasi of throwing the greater pat of 'it upon the Poor Rates. It is this that keep down, and will in the end, if not corrected, extinguish altogether the race of small farmers, in whose continuance and restoration the country at large tire so deeply interested.—llloening Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAN SION- H OUSE. --Yesterday a street-keeper named Hayes, and a cad named Churchill, were brought before the Lone Alairoa, by Mr. Cope, the Marshal, under the following re markable eircumstanees On Saturday last, a person applied at the MansiOn-houhe for the assistance of the police, in consequence of a very serious di* turbance at a puhlic-house in Leadtmhall-street, called the Black Boy and Camel. When the officers went to the spot, they saw Hayes in a state of intoxication, and upon inquiry, ascertained that be had, at the instance of a woman who charged a sailor 9/. 10s. for ten days' board and lodging, taken by force from the latter two live po . mid notes, and Some silver, for doing which he had been rewarded with the sum of :11. os. ! 'The officers then immediately conducksl 119,es to the M ouse, where Mr. Coye quesioned him upon , , ,a. subject. Hayes denied that he na ' , Lewes' any money, or that he 1 - • 1 • ' 1.0 any in his posseasion. , pint being assured b • the Marshal that wag atteaiptin K to : Cow:it th 4 f * 'here was no and aKid, upon beutg finth , hr' - iftined out the . money, dual of trouble about the ~: r. q Mistioneil, that be hail had a great towed. The MershOt ►tsaeti j u i ir, and deserved what he had re;• that, this was ilikanee of the system of plunder to wine), .e4 tw g , duce the evidence before thetcl rn sorts sohjett, t o ok care to p eer duce the sailor tenni %gm ,tt : :M ay or : y he, n taken stated as follows... ti: bitorigell to \ ' ‘. ll,m t e i went on Saturday to Glpthall ,. .4lourt, "' it , "' a ""'", fin" his landlady, and; Churchill, 'to n e t hi, 1ieinc .:47 64 11 Alra• n 44, five-pound onto, kw sovereigres, So d ,„„ nin 1 1 7 T eehrtti tw o vet t sta as he ow Mrs. Forde some money, 'he. believed betwi2en 1. 141 4345/. he gave her the four sovereigns, awl tolff liar that when - he elibuld return home, he should give her any more that might he due. sh e ' not satisfied, but asked him into the piiblic-house, and orderewd4", glass of hot rum and water, of whiCh he drSplt. She there w er : t down, and in her alesence he put the two OZ. :notes into his stocks ing. . :No sooner, however, bad he done sn, than it t i t h ye , and Churchill. Hayek said, that he was an ollicet, allß tiult he came to take the moneyiaill then Churchill held him while tt it i, e ,, overhauled and . took fron Idol his two 5/. notes, lie did not see what they , did with theinoney, but lac lost Sight Of every 'half. penny of •it from •that'thement. For& sail], when she re turned to the room, that she was to have the amount of her hill, aml that he (the sailor) was to hive the dilfcrore; but he never got a farthing r hack- out of the la odd shillings, which he had just receive& Hayes seemed unconcerned at hearing this statement, but was roused by, the LORD MAYOII,—Who " If what the sailor says is true, this is a robbery, ,or 1 don't knew - what is." trayC3 said, he -was *Mat ions of having committed no offenu e. j r, was o ff duty at the. time the diaterhance took placsi, and was called u p gaits by Mrs, Formic, who suit{) that the sailor chatged her with having robbed bim of 101., and requested that her ac cuser might be searched, as he had the money about him. Churchill had mentioned that the sailor put the notes in his stocking, and the sailor did not at all object to be searched, but produced the money from his stocking without being interfered with. The, sailor then agreed to pay Mrs. Forde the whole of her bill, and a receipt was brought in by Churchill, and signed by Mrs. Forde, who received Dl. 10s., the amount of bet bill. There remained in his (Hayes's) hands Si. bs., and be advised the sailor, who was in such a state of drunkenness as not to be able to take care of himself, to leave the cash in his hands until he should recover. All he meant in the world was to take care of the money.—(A length) Gray, the officer, stated, that he went to :the public-house, and saw Hayes in a state of intoxication, struggling with the sailor, who was crying out, " Give me my money." Witness said to Hayes, " Why don't you give the man his money ?" To which Hayes replied, " I not got Martin, the officer, then came to witness's assistance, and also expostulated with Hayes, who repeated there, and at the Mansion-house, that he had not got the money; but afterwards, upon Mr. Cope taking him to task, produced three sovereigns ; and on being further urged, pulled out live shillings_ more. This money Hayes said he had got amongst the coaches. • Martin, the officer, confirmed this account. The Loan MAYOR (to the sailor).—Did they take the money by force from you? Sailor.—Yes, one of them held me, while the other over hauled me. Churchill, .the cad, said, that in consequence. of the sailor's► having said that Mrs. Fords had robbed him, he went down stairs for Hayes. He (Churchill) had seen the sailor put the notes in his stocking after Sirs. horde bad left him, and when he went up stairs, Hayes had - the notes delivered into his hands. The - Loan MAl7oll.—Who delivered the notes to Hayes? Churchill.—lly me, my Lord, as he was an officer. I then went out for a receipt, and Mrs. Fordo was paid, and the remain der of the money was given to Hayes. Mayes...My Lord, I never touched him. . The Loan MA YOR-You denied that you had the balance at all. Hayes—My Lord, I gave it up to Mr. Cope when he spoke about it can't deny that. Mr. Cope—lt is evident that it was your inteution to keep the 'fis.' You at first declared to me that you bad no money at at all ; but when I told you that if you did not at once produce it, I would search you, you then pulled nut 31., and•afterwards the as.; and you told me that you lied received it for your trouble, and that you deserved it. gave ,it up to you as the unties money. I was in liquor, and I hope, my Lord, you'll not consider that I meant to keep it. . , . . . Alderman Lucas came into the Justice Room at this mo ment, and the Lord Mayor desired that tho evidence shouhl he repeated. hire. Forde, the sailor's landlady, who bad been expected, and against whom the Lord Mayor directed that a warrant should be issued, also made her appearance. Mrs..Forde stated, that the sailor having been in her debt, she accompanied him to Copthall-court, and afterwards to the public house, fur the purpose of being paid. Instead, however, of receiv. Mg her due, the sailor, after giving her four sovereigns, accused her of robbing him of two 51. notes, and she was obliged, for her character's sake, to apply to Hayes; and, as she understood Hayes was going to search him, she. thought it improper for her to remain in the room. Upon her return, the sailor was willing to pay her money, and she regularly gave him a receipt; but she begged pardon for the bad writing, as her hand shook she was in such a fright. She had been advised to go to the Lord Mayor, but his Lordship was not sitting. The sailor,. when witness said he bud his notes, offered to lay a wager that be had not a shilling about him, but Hayes found the two 51. notes upon his. Alderman Lucas—Why did you not give the Bailor bis balance, flayeft ? hares—l wanted to take care of it for him, as he . was !rook. Mr..Cope—You said that you were entitled to it ; that the least you could have was 3/. ha. ; you left the poor fellow no more than three half-pence in the world. Mrs. Func said, that every thing was " quite correct." The Sailor—f went to her yesterday for some clothes that are in my trunk at her house, and she flew at me like u tiger, and shook me by the collar, and said, " you infernal robber, get out of my house." Mr a. Fordo—My Lord, he eagle to me at a very improper time indeed. Be eame to me at church-time, awl of mum I could not do tut such thing to give him his trunk at such a time on the Lord's day.—(l.anghter.) The I,,:tan ilay . it—oh, dear, you beam to haven great re- Aped for the subbath. Mrs. Forde bowed her head. The Lok) MAYoa said the fact was, it appeared to him that a very base conspiracy had been &tined against the sailor. He then remanded Hayes and Churchill, and ordered Mrs. Forde to attend the second examination, at the same time directing her to give up the sailor's trunk and every thing else belonging to him. GUILDHALL—James Ryan, an Irish journeyman tailor, who was charged last week with wilfully cutting the silk dresses of two young females iu Bartholomew Fair, was brought up for re-examination yesterday, before Sir Praia . 1,11. ()RI -. . _ . . - No new evidence was offeredl but the prisoner observed that he had nothing in his possession thit could injure ; these or any other ladies, and he declared, but in a faint tone, that he had not committed what hie was accused of. Sir PETER Lanark: said, there hid been Much discussion among professional gentl e m en as t o t he mo d e o f proceeding and extent of punishment that could he adopted to repress this atrocious offence. He should not venture to decide the question himself, but send the ease to a court where the prisoner would have the benefit of a trial by jury. Although only five or six ladies had had the courage to come forwArd with their complaints, Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, had stated to him that above 30 females complitined to him in one night .of similar injuries. Prisoner—But it will be cruel to punish MC for the whole. Sir Ps:pat—lt may be hard, but the complainants have both sworn poSitively to detecting you in the fact, and you must there. fore be made an example of to the Others. The prisoner was then committed for a common assault, but contrary to the usual practice in such cases, the complainants were bound over in recognizaoces of 20d. each to prosecute, so as to ensure the bringing of the case into court. One of the complainante felt a pull at her clothes, -the other perceived his hand tomb her side, and immediately saw their clothes bad been cut. Whether this will be held sufficient to sustain an indictment. for an assault and battery, remains to be ,seen. Assault doe' not io law, as in . summon parlance, neeeasa. rily imply a blow ; any act indicating an intention to use violence to the person of another is an ufssault. To beat, also, in the legal acceptation of the term, means not merely to 'strike forcibly, but Mcludes,every touching, however trifling, in an angry, re• vengeful,' rude, or insolent manner. BQW-STREET.—A man well known at this otliee,whose name ix Michael John Davis, appeared before Sir R. lit a atlas tot informer against Mr. Spencer, the proprietor of the Harp Tavern, a theatrical house in Russel-street, Covent-garden, charging him with a vio latitin of in Act of Parliament, in keeping hie houSe open after twelve o'clock at night. Mr. Adolphus, the barrister, and Mr. Norton, th 4 attorney, attended on thg-part of Mr. Spencer, anti Michael John Davis appeared to sit) port his information. The information was read, and it was stated to be the informa tion of "John Davis." Mr. AMOLPHUS called upon the infbriner to appear, when Michael John Davis presented himself, with a girl of the town, Who svrs his witness, to prove the oase. Mr. NoRIoN being sworn, said, that he knew the inlOrmer in the ease, and his real name was not John Davis, but Alichael John Davis. He had been Solicitor in a Commission of Bank rupt against the informer, who, during the proceedings, swore that his name was Michael John Davis, and also signed the papers in that name, Anor,ritos liubmitted to hiir, R. Birnie, that the informa tion must fall to the ground, the informer having, for some reason, not thought proper to give his real, name. • The Inforhier said, he had fiur years gone by the name of " John Davis." A. Gentleman in the Office said that his assertion was fate, fin: he hall sworn i n t h at of fi ce, in a case of aistault, but a few mont 1 . ago, that his name was Michael John Davis. Sir !noncan !!lassosaid that the misnomer was fatal W the information. former shoula have II.: Mr. Anor.runa *aid, thatthere were good reasons why the in- Fortner I) .'l ' evi ran away front Michacl—(latigikter). It was necessarh, to thooglit proper to drop the " Michael ;" "Pl'lat An information, - that the correct name of the informer shill be toted, II h ' • ID ' hall4P ' a "' ,t .! Hume of John Michtte Davis , peered in the i n f ormation; and the record of tie conviction of suc h person for conspiracy- shauld have been produced, that , would have put an end to his 10ln-wagn ; bu t h e had thought proper ' to ap pear as en d to it*. .'. Davis said, he did not coma there for the sake of the pp naltice. Mr- A noLcues said, Davis bad been indi cte d b y Mr. spencer, for a consp iracy to charge him with it utiede%Polo >ur • a true bill had been found against Davis, and in a few days the case would be tried. This information had been brought by Davis merely for the purpose of gratifying private malice. As soon as Sir IL fltitstiiannouticed that the information was dismissed, there was a clapping of hands, and shouts of approba tion by the crowd assembled to hear the ease. • UNION-HALL—Yesterday a respectable-looking man, who save his name Bones, was summoned before the presiding magis trate for assaulting bis brother-in-law of the same name. ,The complainant, in commencing his statement, called the magistrate's attention to a black eye which he had received from his relative that morning. He then proceeded to state that be was a married man, and that - his Wife having taken a freak into her head to abscond front home, " very naturally," said he, " I went to seek after her, fearful that she might have flung herself into the river or done some other naughty trick." In the course of his search he called at his brother-in-law's house, and the first object that presented itself to his astonished senses was his wife, whom he bad almost given up as lost. She was sitting behind a screen in the parlour, and he no sooner caught a glimpse of her, than running forward for the purpose of embracing her, the defendant met him half way and gave him a " douse in the eye" that closed it, and during the confusion that arose in consequence, his wife, instead of remaining where she was, made a precipitate retreat, leaving her euro sposa in the hands of a man that, in point of size, was able to annihilate him from the face of the earth. He added, that he made an attempt to follow his wife, hut the person who had assaulted him in the first instance swore most bitterly that if he " budged" any where but out of the house, his other eye should meet with the same fate. Consequently he was obliged to depart without his wife, to whom no one had so much right, he said, as himself. The defendant interrupted him by saying that. he was jus tified in treating him in the manner he had. " The fact was," said the defendant, " the person who now makes the complaint treated his wife very barbarously, and the poor woman, disgusted with his behaviour, left him and sought protection under his (the defendant's) roof. Thither thelmsband followed her, and in a state of intoxication, demanded that she should instantly leave the pre mises. Defendant remonstrated with him on the brutality of his conduct,'in the course of which high words ensued, and the result was, that the defendant struck him on the eye. The complainant declared that he was as sober as a judge when he went to look after his wife. This assertion, however, was contradicted by two witnessesu, who bore testimony to his having been blind drunk on the occasion. The Magistrate therefore discharged Mr. Bones, the defendant, and advised his namesake, the complainant, to behave better to his wife in future, and be would warrant she would not abandon her home. The Lord Chancellor has sent to the Six Clerks' Office to inquire whether any material inconvenience will result to the public if the office of the Master of the Rolls should remain for some time vacant. This circumstance has induced the profession generally to suppose that it is the intention of those with whom the power of appointing to the situation lies, to offer the place to Sir at' Leach, the present Vice-Chan cellor, who is present in Italy, and that the con templated delay is intended to afibrd sufficient tine for communicating with' his Honour on the subject, and to ascertain whether lie is disposed to quit the office which he at present holds, and to take, in re turn, the Mastership of the Rolls. An answer has, we understand, been returned to his Lordship's appli cation from the Six Cl er k s ' Offi ce ; th e p recise terms of which we have not heard, but we understand it was . in substance, " that no public inconvenience will be occasioned by a short delay." AN ODD FISH, OF THE MUNCHAUSEN SPECIES. —Kilburne, in his survey of Kent, says that near this place, Bradstow, Isle of fhanet, " on the 9th of .July, 1574, a monstrous .fish shot himself on shore, on a little sand called Fishness, there ; fbr want of water he died the next day, before which time his roaring was heard above .a mile. His length was twenty-two yards ; the nether jaw opened twelve feet ! one of his eyes was more than a cart and six leorses could draw ! a man stood upright in the Owe from whence his eye was taken ; the thickness from his back to the top of his belly (which lay upward) was fourteen feet ; his tail of the same breadth ; the distadce between his eyes was twelve feet ; three men stood upright in his mouth ; some of his ribs were sixteen feet long; his tongue was fifteen feet long ; his liver was two cart loads, and a man might creep into his nostrils." This, is also tratisc,ibed by Mr. Lewis into his history of the Isle of Than et.—Devonport Telegraph. FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.-011 Friday the Ist instant, two:men, the one a tailor and . the other a blacksmith; with a boy about ten years of age, took a. boat from Treve en C ove , th e eastern part o f Mount's Bay not far from Marazion, to go a fishing. Un fortunately it came on to blow hard in the night, and,the men knowing as much of the boat as she knew of them, they were unable to manage her, and were consequently driven to sea:without any provisions. They drilled ab o ut, till M on d a y, w h en they were fallen in with by a frigate and received every nourishment they required. They were. about fifteen leagues from the Lizard, when met by the ship of war, and had caught but one fish, a hake, and that they eat as it was, undressed. The frigate brought too a cut ter who took them in tow, and landed them on Tues day at Prussian's Cove in the bay near their home, to the great joy of their friends, who had given them up l for lost.—Corntvall Gazette. A STRIKING FACT.—In the early part oC this year, in a village in the North,, lived t wo women , w h o were neighbours, their husbands were l a b o u rers ; th e men kept in tolerable good humour and harmony with each other, being constantly engaged at work in the fields, except on Sundays, and in the evenings ; but between their wives many bickerings and quarrels existed. These jars were at first restrained within the bounds of moderation, but they gradually increased to a v iolence and frequency that disturbed and alarmed the whole neighbourhood. Both the women became pregnant, and in giving vent to their malicious passions, they uttered many bitter wishes and imprecations upon one another, not infrequently invoking a curse upon each other when they should be in labour. A short time befor e the first women was brought to bed, the clothes of her daughter, a girl about nine years old, took fire, and she was burnt to death. The mother was safely delivered some time after, but, although she recovered very well at first, in about a fortnight she and the child both died. This awful removal did not affect the heart of her enemy. She still re mained a stranger to benevolent feelings, she showed no signs of repentance, nor any desire to lead a more peaceful and religio us lif e . He r time, h o w ever , soon arrived. Sh e was also safely delivered, and did w e ll for about ten o r f ourteen days. Aft er t h at per i od she sickened an d gradu a ll y gre w worse. Perceiving her critical hitUation, she became terrified at it; her past ungodly life, and particularly the recent enmity Ebe tween her a n d h er neighbour, now deceased, inces, sandy hung upon her mi n d. She seemed given up to,despair.very thing was done to c onvey to h er t h e consol a ti ons o f re li gion , but she could not embrace theth. As long as her voice was audible, her cries for mercy were in cessant and vociferous: through weakness alone, at last she remainedsilent, but from th e agita dons, whi c h i t was evident she underwent; it was feared by the persons present, that even in her last moments she endured the horrors of desperation. This awful fulfilment of bad wishes struck many with terror, andeast 4 glo om O ver t hi whole village ;, and for some time aft er , f ew of the villagers lik e d t o di s course about the unhappy' - o f their tw o quarre l s ome and malicious neighbours, MISCELLANEOUS. A few nights ago, a respectable girl, residing near Listowel, was forcibly taken off to the County Clare mountains.—Cork Southern Reporter. Si NGULA 11 FACT.—Napoleon Buonaparte, the Duke of Wellington, and the late Marquess of Lon donderry, were all born in the same year namely, the year 1789.-Mirror. On Tuesday laSt an explosion, took place at Mail field gunpowder mills, belonging to Mr. Alexander Sheriff, by which melancholy accident two men were killed on the spot, and the works nearly all destroyed. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. The seeds of the sun-flower, or heliostrophon, are known to be a most nutritious and agreeable food for game and poultry. If given with barley, it will ge nerally be found that the sun-flower seed will be picked out by chickens in preference to the barley. Roses were first brought into England from Italy in 1522, previously, and indeed after that period, they were consecrated resents from the Pope, and were placed over confessionals'; hence came the phraSe " under the rose." So much is the want of fodder felt in the East Ridhig of Yorkshire, that a farmer, last week, in the neigh bourhood of Beverley, sold ninety sheep for nineteen shillings a head, which cost him last year at this time twenty-nine shillings each, and which ought to have fetched him from fifty shillings to three pounds. FRENCH COURTESY.—Brantome, the old Frencih ChrOnkler, after narrating the scandalous amours Of the Queen of France and their ladies, usually finishes the picture of each by assuring his'readers, that she " was a good and vittuous woman, an honour to France, very chaste, and withal pious." BIBLE AND TRACT SOcIETIES.—The number of tracts issued by the London Religious Tract Society, last year, was 10,500,000 ; the puZilications in all languages, since th e establi s hment of the society, are estimated to exceed 100,000,000; since 1808, trac k have been printed in forty-two languages ; and the receipt during the past year, in England and America, amounted to .1,600,000 dollars. Tuesday night, a man of the name of Alexander, residing in Leith Wynd, in a fit of passion, stabbed his wife in the neck with a knife. The woman was taken to the Infirmary, but the wound was of so serious a nature, that she died in a few hours. We under. stand that the parties had . frequent jars, which arose from jealousy on the part of the wifc. Alexander is in custody.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. GREAT DRAUGHT OF Fisn.—The fishing of the Isle Poole recommenced on Friday, and at a single draught 1,1601b5. weight of beautiful carp were taken, weighing from 6to 141bs. each, which quantity were all disposed of the same evening. On the following day about the same quantity were drawn out, a great part of Which have been disposed of to gentlemen de sirous of stocking their ponds with so large a breed.—• Maccleffield Herald. _ A PROOF OF GOOD TASTE.—A kw days ago, man was taken before the authorities of a Sussex Cor-' poration, charged with having sold beer in his house without a licence. The only evidence brought against him was a newly-imported Frenchman, who, on being asked to kiss the book,. said, through his interpreter, " Me kiss de book ; me knows nothing about de book , no, inc rather kiss a pretty girl, ever so Much ;" and this being all that could be got out of him, the charge was disinisscd.—Devonshire Telegraph. DE AT le s-1-1 EA D Mor H.—We understand that one of those rare and extraordinary insects the Death's head moth, (sphinx atropos) several specimens of which were caught in this neighbourhood last year, and are now preserved in the Museum of the Northern Institution, was found a few days ago at Itelugas.-.... the seat of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Baronet. Like all the math tribe this insect is exceedingly tenacious of life, .and when touched utters a cry almost as loud as that of a hat.--4nverness courier. A NOVEL UNIoN.—At. a dinner lately, a Gentle man,,: who was carving a fine sirloin, asked if he should help him. Something turned his attention, and he asked again. A, wag, noticing the first failure, begged to drink wine with him, which caused another interruption ; after which, lie returned to his duty, and again said, " Pray, Mr. —, shall I send you a slice of this ?" " Hang it, Sir," replied the disappointed gastronomer, " do you expect me to marry the beef, that you have asked me thrice ?"—Mirror. A CURE FOR DIARRHEA.---A charitable lady wishes the publication of the following effectual re medy for a prevalent and dangerous malady :—Three 'pints of new milk, lb. mutton suet chopped very fine, a table-spoonful and a half of the finest flour, a little cinnamon and lump sugar, boiled together, and when nearly done, 'throw in a glass-full of the best brandy ; a cup of this warm, mays be taken as the patient wishes. Castor-oil must be taken first.--Soup made of sheep's head, with rice and cinnamon, is proper food.—Free man's Journal.' Five or six days ago, the inhabitants of Salisbury street Complained of a diminution in their supply of water, and that what they did receive tasted strongly of fish. Latterly, however, the water ceased running altogether, and measures having been taken to ascertain the cause, it was discovered yesterday, on cutting the piee, that an eel, 18 inches long, and of proportionable thickness, had somehow introduced itself into the pipe, which it completely closed up. The plumbers, in cut ting the pipe, unfortunately cut the eel in two.— Edinburgh _Evening Courant. .: We regret to state that a very daring armed banditti have infested the vicinity of' Caller for some weeks past, and several robberies have been committed on the dif ferent public roads near it, on farmers and others, re -10 o'clock, Lieut. filming home with th e amo unt of their corn, butter,' detachment at New ttmea.rtit(l.!ncoSmuihnilitanyd.iiiiisigitiltielaisnti,liatabroyut Inn, was Stopped and robbed of some silver change, his way from Caher barracks, where he dined, to New together with 'his gold' watch- and pinchbeck case,,, on v 0 R A ~ TERRthiuLEe cc charity O fa F ilin T g H s Inn, by four armed plunderers.--Cork Southern L L.Ep SCANDAL,. ---Take NDA L.---Take of. Reporter. , of x a r n . herb commonly called ovvn business,,, CURE three sprigs of 4 keep your tongue be ou - one time, i t m o g e e , t h a e n r d in i t awvileiss be . "-- ; Th nd e rOo 1430Myu noel 101 tit ounce i tit , : iil c irdx ( e : tivis olioiics),No, :v i n.l . ll Y lticini,pt : odai; A ial acieu,w, } i eh I :i t iti ld elee ' Idi tw cy : ortuics r p ue r .m_ te sp e A t ; l ppc i t ;; o ; iici l f m oir t ar n i e a r .s t h h o e rt m sync Moms a m a o r u c ti z fit for - you are with a kind' When feel turn of you a ii 4 d i h ' o t o il ,u u t i r d; u y - ti o: you a t apprehend o r home, enh eanndd feeling v,voi,tio.iaiicienni,:n.iniitisarhiligbdilyeit:itagtkhoeiips. , i t , coming on, take a tea-spoonful of the above, hold it in your mouth, which you will keep closely shut y a oU r ' e w la i p il s , e fi , nd k a ee c p ot a np p let hiti o i cu f r u e ll . the alli 'nest syinptomil re. peat the dose.--Cork Southern Reporter. MtETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, TOUREDAT, SETT. 14. (At the Court of Commissioners.) J. and T. Grindley, Finsbury Commercial Sale-rooms, ship builders at COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDAY, &rt.. 14. J. Atkinson and J. Stockton, at the Town-hnuse, Stockton lit W. Barnes, Richardby, Cumberland—Lion and Lamb, Carlisle R. Calver, Norwich—Norfolk Hotel, Norwich G. E. Dinsdale, Middlebam, York—Bishop Blaize Inn, Rich mond W. Fearnside, Liversedge, York—Black Bull, Goiners3ll.- 1 J. Glover, Huddersfield—Pack horse, Huddersfield W. Jones, Yeovil—George, ilminster ... .. 1 J. Palmer, Shrewsbury—Guildhall, Shrewsbury ............. T. Rosser, Brighton—Star, Lewes 1 J. Stephens, Coombe—Commercial-rooms, Bristol A. Watson, Blackburn—White's Hotel, Manchester THE OLD BAILEY, SESSIONS.---011 Thursday til Old Bailey Sessions will commence. The number of Prim ii " already in Newgate for trial amounts to nearly 600 i abed 10 0 whom stand charged with capital offences ; and before the Ora l Juries are discharged, in all probability 60 or '7O more will I committed ; these will form a larger calendar than can he rece lected on any preceding Sessions. It has been regretted that long an interval as 12 weeks should he suffered to exist betwe , the June and September Sessions ; the inconvenience arising Ira this arrangement, which is said to be made by the Reconter, immense. Upon a very moderate calculation, not less than 00 witnesses, reckoning those for the prosecution and defence of I I prisoners, will be in attendance at the Old Bailey, many of the brought from distant parts of the county, and all bound t o he ' readiness from day to day, It will be . .alleged that the would have prevented the Judges from sitting in tondon ductE the greater part of July and August ; this is true • bet had June .Sessions been appointed a Cortnight later, and those in bel tember earlier, nearly a month might have been gabled, ° Leh the advantage of public convenience. A SHE-DODSIYORT/I.—The following story is extracted from a French Paper. During then. hard times a female who was subject to such letharg fits would run a good chance . of a husband " In the department of the Meuse, the conversation ray much on the story of a girl who hai continued in the le thargy for more than eight months. Marie Herbelot, Morley, a canton of Monsiers sur SSUIX, is about meat) six years of age • abOut eight months ago , 4w. tr rienced a violent affection of the head, narvotee ,flni; tions, and at last fall into a profound lethargy , fct eyes reversed, her arms folded behind her head, Wet' turned, and her legs folded back upon her body; the"' left no sign of existence except the agitation of her puisi It is most certain, that for 2.50 days she neither ate c On the 191 drank, nor changed her position, nor spoke, 0 " the of July she sent forth a sigh, made a slight mo%'o ll V il, a e n for r i t twenty a ttent-isoinx, days m a f ail:t r d w y a n s o . w e d o a p rif th of: muttered some words • her astonished attendants 2SO d (rot again gave further syMptoms of recovery. She her recover the lethargy at six o'clock in the morning, but the w wa e s o n t o o t co ch m ur p c l h et a e t t t i e ll n ei o g c h loc t 'k. taibindiathriisroyothuitolgiv., AWFUL TOREBODIINTG.---.Lately, Mr. Siddington, a bricklayer, Of Sidd ingt on , near ICHtlt B tu r n was folloWing his avocation in Macclesfield, wile" ° e night he was so much disturbed in his sleep, in Ct r quence of repeatedly dreaming that his wife Was u e . ll that he resolved to return home the next innrio'f where, on his arrival however, he found his wile 1 Of a peleelyt good health. They spent the remainder of the ' I I together in looking over a small farm which the y lie' in the neighbourhood, and in the evening returne; home, and after eating a hearty supper, retired to re s ' They had not been long in bed, when the ins') 1, alarmed by his wife making a dismal noise, u pon lie got up to obtain a light, and on his return, sicf m/ relate, he found her a corpse.--Stodport HOP INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH, SErr. 11.—During the last three days °— Market has experienced a lively demand, and all the lo v that has yet arrived has found buyers. Our prices to -da Y, closed at an advance of 2s. to 4s. per cwt. over ThurattY sK,Lentx Pockets Poekets 4l. Os. to 41. .16s. to 51 " 5 N. Pis. to 4/. Rs, to U 146. Essex Pockets Old Duty laid at 250,000!. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. or tb ' • . The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 90 41h. Loaf—There are others who sell from a halfpen n y t ° pence halfpenny below that price. • New English Re d Cti ll ve i r ir ted °} (pr E C E w n t. S. )...-.-.-.. —"rr. 5& 1 'l Obit. 6 ": 7 5(li t)i :: - "` 444 .„.,.. v s. fine ~.... 16. : Old Ditto Ditto - ''' .... nee v`" yib• New Foreign Ditto . 508 ,-- Old Ditto Ditto.. - vs. t 4,. fine ~,,.. . New White Clover 5-Is. Oi 4 . , 6 „":47,42:' Old Ditto—. - - - 3os. 4 6 c '-- 0 , - ' New Trefoil s.. 14s. t i . P : 0. 54 :: Old Ditto - 26 s. 3•2‘. ..... 11 ' tinC Rib Grass - - - - Sib. 31c J- - ; nn English Carraivaiy Seed 261. Ws' ', 0 ,7 firle: Foreign Ditto -15 s lic Quo --: Coriander ...........*:.............mr........................• • . us. St. Foin (per Quarter). . 30s. ~,, Os . ii. 2.. :. n e w 36/6 Rye Grass 2Ss Og• nee' finel4. Pacpy Ditto ' ' 36 0 - Linseed, for feeding - - , ....s. 3 14 . 3 3, Oa ~,, ( 1 1 7 )i v a t h n ti5 i a t iy o f :ie n c . d n's tis , r N d hl e seei n w g . 735. 735. 13s. fi (pe ne r ikis - liu . sh ll33C. .... 6)........ 0! I -4 . :: . 1 31 . , ):: r e :s4 . : iw O nfl ,„ Re : - . ..-:i Brown Ditto - Turnip Seeds ......„ ...a. 4 24 * ;b7, fine ci Green and Red Ditto -- - • .....s. Sa'• fin e lb. jo. .......—.........—. ......... 0 , , 0 Tares, _01d.5.,...... (ki. os. Psi fine Os. OiL .....New 'lo V' Rape Seed, English, tine (per Last) 211. to 221....-- r IP ° PRICE OF OIL. _..,...- 'in 10 Rape 011 brown 301. 6.. it t igned .-- „,., •,, in Linseed 611 ...._,,,,........,,........„.............'""*."- --.'"". ,„... l i ft Linseed 011 Cake at the Mill, per thousand ....... 0 '..„,„,--__- ----- Rape Cake, per ton - --- ....... - ......----,.,„,, p. 3 6 4 IM. .__ WHITECHAPEI; HAY b/AitKET.."': , +. 0 1 , tl . Hay 80s NI. to lOU. Od. 1 5traw...........-.' 4 ' . -- - Clover —.......... 90e. Od. to Ms. Od. j -------- New Pout e P TCE OF PO' . rit — T ---- CMS.—Ssrr• ll• • 3/. leg. to 44 01. r' PRICES OF LEATHER. et t o ' Per lb. d. d. p e r ll L l 6 Hutto.. 0..50 to 5411:).............. to Tanned Horse/ 111 I/ Ditto.,—.-60 td flub -...,..—.p an to Sish Dit to t 4 • 16 40 Per doz e " Wit, CO Fine l)re" i C r lC H h id fiLi e' deA 1 1 .1 to to 1 9 ; Calf Sklos••••••••• 31 1 t .f: 70 11 11 .1 CO g i Croft NW's. 35 to 401 1)-- 131 to 15 . Ditto ........ ''' !,;:, ROW 1,1 4a It nitt0,.........,....45 to 301b.... 1-14 to 17 i Ditto ...--.. /,,s, Loos -- Ditto—. l7 to 19 1 Stool) 5 0 .A 16 1 "'l' it ..__ sr. 4 I i Per Stone. s. 4 1 . RAii. (1 W , Pet HIIiES. .' stone. 2 0 n t a b. Best. Heifers and Steer s 2 8 t o 3 0 O n li na ry ....- / - Middlings ..........„—__ g4to 0. 6 M arket Calf -----.... __ __ - oft __ I 441. to Is *ld _ SHEEP SKINS. Lanabs..ll. tid. to 55L ACm A RR ET.--SE 21) 3 Walls Era Bell's— 32 0 Watt n.. 0 ,W. E. Brumes—. P 3 0 W. E. Burraton—. 31 0 W. E. Hi1da......,. 30 3 W. E. Hotspur 30 d W. . Newnweh W. Northtllnb.3Y W.. E. Pearetha-.... 30 0 W. E. Russell's 33 3 W. E. Riddelly —3./ 0 Tasstield T r ad c r , 2) 3 6 0 yti---Shlps told, 454' |9e ir 0...... .11. , it I"4l'' 11 ° IO W 11.400 a ,-. + Itida till Vi• I,' , , atte r,. ,Steworg mx11:;•• r; I INAticer small ~...t. rt. cuim C0Z......."'' y o 0 itarticy ........---. .01 Fa-woo Afain..l;il 4 Willi Entl O H , %Valls Feel Lyon. . NV, isl: Latnigon,,,E,,,,c Stelfart' , .w Russell's lietton s in g I Was ,1 ' ........Unao 1. d. Reaumont.......--.. el 3 Blackfriars ,-- 26 0 Eightbn Stour-- 21 0 32 6 Hebburn Main._... 32 0 H01ywe11.—...—.29 0 Newburn 20 0 Ord's Redhugh 25 0 Pelaw SO 3 Percy East...--26 0 Pontop Windsor— 27 6 Tanfiell Mout-- SI 6 26 3 31 9 Ships at Market, lIIRTHS. f = f On the 7th lust., at Al lier Park, Farnlunn , the to Naghten, Esq,, of (kofton-houte, litchfield , Hants, 0 ' I' s W6lki On the s th inst., at the Rectory Rowel Aidert°l4 the lady of th e R e r. W nt . Addington Norton,. of MARBLED. or gi ll On the 7th inst., at Cromer, William Drake, gq;.,. Est' Dare am, to Itiartha, daughter of Geo. Frederick Loc Y , itw of Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. --- -- 'DIEM t St 0 1 4 the 9 th : a n::: 6 11 ,to ir r . g4 Jo ‘ hn . ► ..Pr:pihntrid, Ess. , or , K ia i ti...... ne l i t . 7 4o : James's-squate. . , i nt% I On the sth ' ' V S • he Waji, • of proprietor the Janelico Courant. .......--- --''' e '-'------ li;arki; Off" Printed and Pubrighed by IV a s - at No. 112, Strand.